Sister Regula Elected President of Wisconsin Nursing Board
The Wisconsin state board of nursing elected Sister Regula, administrator of St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse, as president with Miss Evelyn Mercer of Milwaukee County Hospital chosen as vice president. The board also awarded nine scholarships for advanced nursing education to nurses including Dorothy Bylsma Racine Muriel Mathison Merrill Mrs Bernice Mearns Delavan Margaret Pluckhan Madison Mrs Lucille Schultz Reedsburg Sister Mary George Lady Smith Mrs Signe Cooper Middleton Virginia Taubert Janesville and Lorraine Regenfuss Milwaukee.
McCarthy Welch Reach Agreement On Public Calls
The McCarthy Welch accord would publish calls involving senators while shielding administration discussions. The hearing recessed for lunch as John Lucas Jr. prepared to testify on Stevens and Mundt’s telephone conversations.
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Valley Forge
John J. Lucas Jr
Stevens
McCarthy
Army
Joseph Welch
Pentagon
Welch
Roy Cohn
Francis Carr
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Welch-McCarthy
Jackson
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CIA
Cohn
FBI
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Sen
United States Information Program
State Department
Tri-State Livestock Market Report From South St Paul
Listings detail cattle hogs and lamb markets from South St Paul Minnesota with prices for various weights and grades. Also reports on Chicago and Chicago produce and funeral notices for Mrs Marie Carr and other local deaths from Wisconsin towns and Minnesota rural areas.
Burglar Hits Busbys Garage in De Soto Wisconsin
A burglar or burglars broke into Busbys Garage at 1537 L Caledonia St. and took about 20 dollars. Detectives used bloodhounds to trail from the garage to a residence, with no definite link found as of Friday. Entry was gained by removing a screen from a rear restroom window. Mrs. Willard Sill died while investigating the case.
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Busby
Caledonia St
George Brooks
Moon Friday
Edmund Busby
DE Soto
Wis
Mre
Willard Sill
Anna Barber
Ferryville
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. stock moves at market
Market activity shows Allis-Chalmers Mfg. shares changing hands in early trading. Analysts note shifting prices as investors weigh production outlook and demand signals in the industrial sector.
Central High School Senior Class Stage Commencement
Central High School held its 78th June class commencement with G D Scott presenting the graduates and Fred Schaldach delivering the theme Its Great Time To Be Alive The program featured speeches on religion education industry and science Norma Tennison John Pamperin Sally Steele and Patricia Wuest spoke or performed including a cello solo The Swan and the seniors exited to Pomp and Circumstance.
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G. D. Scott
Largo
Fred Schaldach
Schaldach
Norma Tennison
John Pamperin
Sally Steele
Patricia Wuest
the Swan
Joanne McCauley
Proposal To Raise Beer Age Backed By Committee
A Wisconsin proposal to raise the minimum beer age from 18 to 21 received strong support at a hearing before the Legislative Council Child Welfare Committee. A Border Committee of school and law enforcement officers urged the change to curb youths from Minnesota seeking beer. About 100 people from 15 northern counties attended, split on a plan to make parents liable for up to 200 in juvenile property damage. Monroe County Judge Hansen urged a strict remedy, calling for a hot application in the woodshed.
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Ladysmith
Wis
Wisconsin
Legislative Council
Minnesota
Border Committee
Monroe County
Lambert A. Hansen
Doyle Calls GOP Platform An Iceberg Of Generalities
Sheboygan Madison Democrat James Doyle said the 1954 Republican state platform will be like an iceberg with most of it submerged. He told a county meeting the platform committee is walking on eggs and focusing on topics deemed taboo at the Milwaukee state convention.
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Sheboygan
James Doyle
Madison
Doyle
Republican ‘Committee
Milwaukee
Sen. McCarthy
Eisenhower renominates Doerfer to FCC seven-year term
President Eisenhower nominated John C. Doerfer of West Allis Wisconsin for a new seven year term as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Doerfer age fifty is a lawyer and former Wisconsin Public Service Commission chairman who had filled an unexpired term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John C. Doerfer
West Allis
Wis
Federal Communications Commission
Doerfer
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Two 102-Year-Old Men Die in 24-Hour Span
Two of Pennsylvania’s oldest residents, both age 102, died within a day of each other in Reading.
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Reading
Pennsylvania
Obituaries for Mrs Selmar Larson and Mrs Ethel Deaver
Preston Minnesota obituary notes Mrs Selmar Larson 56 died after brief illness at home born Alma Knudtson June 11 1897 farmed then resided Preston family details include two daughters and two sons funeral at Thauwold Preston Church buried in Union Prairie Lutheran Church cemetery. Viroqua Wisconsin obituary notes Mrs Ethel Deaver 65 died visiting daughter in Bayson Utah funeral at Church of Christ Viroqua burial there surviving husband six daughters three sons two brothers eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Marie Carr
Plymouth Congregational Church
F. L. Tomenendale
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Marietta) Henderson
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Manning
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Ferryville
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Joseph Sofia
Perlam Jertson
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Ralph
Lanesboro
Ethel Deaver
Woodrow
Jessie) Wilson
Bayson
Utah
Church of Christ
Roy E. Williams
Jacobson-Vance
Deaver
Clyde
Lloyd Smith
Death of Mrs. Charles Witcraft
Mrs. Charles Witcraft of 922% Twyler Street died at her home early Friday after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Charles Witcraft
Twy‘ler St
Tomb description of alabaster sarcophagus chamber
The article describes a tomb six feet long and about two feet wide with a solid alabaster lid. The mummy lies inside via an end aperture sealed by a sliding alabaster panel. A senior archaeologist predicts the interior coffin may be solid gold or wood covered with gold.
Union Employees Vote Against Joining A Union
Employees at AFL Teamsters Union headquarters voted 28 to 1 against representation by a labor union in a National Labor Relations Board election. The Teamsters had sought entry but withdrew after charges that the effort was employer-driven. President Howard Coughlin called the result surprising and an indictment of the Teamsters, while VP Einar Mohn left open recognizing the employees' preferred union if they choose one.
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Sen
Symington
D-Mo
McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
Stevens
Army
Europe
Subcommittee
FBI
Cohn
Welch
National Guard
AFL Teamsters
National Labor ‘Relations Board
AFL
Office ‘Employes
Teamsters
Howard Coughlin
Office Employes Union
Einar Mohn
Teamsters Union
Lake Geneva Opposed to Air Force Academy Site
Lake Geneva leaders spar over the choice of three locations for an Air Force academy. Mayor Ralph Williams welcomed the report while State Sen. William Trinke warned it would ruin Lynn township by taxing rates and depress property values. Franklyn Walsh joined the opposition.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Air Force Academy
Ralph Williams
William Trinke
Franklyn Walsh
Lynn Township
Trinke
Construction bids and timelines for lakefront auditorium project
The bid package lists Auditorium du Lac at 780 dollars for a boxing ring and Feders Electric and Machine Works of Stevenson Michigan at 7462 dollars for wooden bleachers. The Nelson firm pledges general construction completion within 300 working days after award, with other bidders offering similar schedules.
Pauper Can Reject Any Advertisement Court Ruling
New York State Supreme Court Justice Samuel W. Eager ruled publishers may publish or reject advertised material at their discretion. The decision is precedent making and in a suit against the Poughkeepsie New Yorker. The plaintiff, Poughkeepsie Buying Service, Inc., operates two stores in Poughkeepsie.
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Newburgh
Y.B
Supreme Court
New York State
Samuel W. Eager
Eager
Poughkeepsie
UW soil scientist Emil Truog honored at retirement dinner
Professor Emil Truog a noted soil scientist at the University of Wisconsin was feted at a testimonial dinner Thursday night as he retires this month from the faculty.
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Madison
Emil Truog
University of Wisconsin
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Weather record from the US Department of Commerce notes fair and cool conditions with scattered frost in northern Wisconsin tonight. In Minnesota, temperatures are not quite as cool west and central tonight with partly cloudy skies Saturday and warmer conditions, possible scattered showers in the northwest later. Iowa forecasts fair to mostly fair and warmer, with cooler west portions tonight and improved conditions Saturday.
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Pacific Northwest
New England
Florida
Great Lakes
Plains
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg
Mississippi River will rise two more days above Lake Pepin and reach the middle of next week from Alma to Prairie du Chien. Rises average 4 feet from Alma to La Crosse and remain nearly stationary from Genoa southward to Saturday morning. Sunrise Saturday 4 23 am sunset 7 44 pm.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Mississippi River
Lake Pepin
Alma
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse
Genoa
Diet Turmoil Delays Yoshida World Tour Postponed
Political chaos in Tokyo after a brawl in the Diet led to 200 police entering the chamber. Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, 75, faced possible further postponement of his world tour as talks over a police system bill stalled.
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Tokyo
Diet
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
United States
Japan
Satoko Togane
Dulles Outlines Policy Shifts on Communist Threat
Dulles warned that continued Soviet and Red China dominance could force basic changes in U S attitudes and alliances. He urged a system of collective defense and aid to weaker nations to maintain American security while Congress received a secret Far East briefing from Gen James A Van Fleet on Indochina and allied options. Kefauver urged prompt disclosure of policy before elections, calling war decisions too grave for politics.
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Welch
New York
Pvt. G. David Schine
Schine
Cohn
Welch Schine
Park Avenue
57Th St
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D-Ark
Stevens
Adams
Navy
Air Force
Defense Departments
McCarthy Subcommittee
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McCarthy
Fort Monmouth
Sen. Jackson
Paul Crouch
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Jackson
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Red China
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Far East
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van Fleet
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Eisenhower
Wiley
Indochina
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Congress
Senate rejects Eisenhower housing plan for low-cost slum areas
The Senate voted against no down payment and 40 year FHA insured mortgages for slum cleared areas. It favored a 5 percent down payment and a maximum 30 year term. It also approved raising GI Bill direct loan funds to 200 million and tightened rules on FHA insured apartment projects to curb windfall profits.
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Eisenhower
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